Exam 2: Exploring Relationships and Families

The climate, soil, plants, and animals are all part of the __________ environment.

Collecting data over a period of years using documented materials would reflect a(n)

A photograph in the text depicts individuals waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars might speculate about the individuals' personal power and resources relative to others in the United States?

Economic _________has affected bread-winning and consumption in American families.

Exchange theory stresses the importance of __________ in family relationships.

Realistic flavor and vivid detail are most likely to be found in which type of research method?

Closed-ended survey questions allow respondents to write in their own answer.

The _______ perspective focuses on the face-to-face encounters and relationships of individuals who act in awareness of one another.

Evolutionary psychology is an alternate term for which perspective?

According to the __________ framework, families must master developmental tasks in stages.

A possible disadvantage of the family ecology perspective is that it is __________.

Today's family ecologists stress the interdependence of all the world's families, not only with one another but also with our planet's __________ environment.

Science can be defined as a logical system that bases knowledge on systematic observations.

The conflict perspective is the opposite of the___________; it assumes that not all family behaviors and practices contribute to family well-being.

Think of a family-related topic and consider how you might study it. What theoretical perspective would you use to help frame your research questions? What research methods and data gathering techniques would you use?